downcast

• The manner of the orator--downcast, as with the inward oppression of the same solemnity that he, in speaking, cast like a spell on the audience--indefinitely heightened the magical power of the awful conception excited. —  Classic French Course in English
• He was willing to work for the downcast, the wronged, the suffering and the vile, but preferred doing so at a distance, and not in immediate contact. —  Cast Adrift
• This made both of them look exceeding downcast, and chew the bitter quid of disappointment. —  Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale
• The unwilling guest was naturally very downcast, and ill at ease, and could not dissemble his anguish. —  Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
• The knights were downcast, and the maidens wept. —  The Fall of the Niebelungs

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